The occupation of a social worker is both challenging and rewarding. If you aspire to help the less fortunate in the community and have a passion to make a positive difference in the life of those people, you can consider the social work career
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January 2010 Issue 1.10 Welcome to the winter issue of Transitions. The purpose of this irregular electronic newsletter is to bring to readers’ attention some of the many new projects and developments informnig the current system of scholarly communication, with emphasis on new products and programs, the open access movement, and other alternative publishing models.
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Transitions: scholarly communication news for the UI Community, January 2010
It is no surprise to anyone involved in education that evaluation of educators needs great improvement. Such evaluation has never had high enough priority to garner the money needed to pay for the substantial educator work time needed to train evaluators well and use the information helpfully. Randi Weingarten’s speech and the AFT model correctly point out that the main purpose of teacher evaluation should be formative, to support and guide professional learning
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Monty Neill responded to Will AFT Teacher Evaluation Effort Succeed? on January 19, 2010 08:10 AM
Last week’s speech by Randi Weingarten exemplifies what’s wrong with teachers unions and their control over America’s education system.
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Jeanne Allen responded to Will AFT Teacher Evaluation Effort Succeed? on January 19, 2010 08:10 AM
The Same Old New Unionism We can applaud Weingarten’s proposals only if we ignore the history of similar union proposals in the past. NEA has had little to say about her speech because it already went through its “reform” period.
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Mike Antonucci responded to Will AFT Teacher Evaluation Effort Succeed? on January 19, 2010 10:00 AM
Teachers Are Not The Problem Randi Weingarten’s proposed model for evaluation of teachers is sound. The downside is that so many journalists and policymakers are not paying attention to the details of her proposal, which are crucial
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Diane Ravitch responded to Will AFT Teacher Evaluation Effort Succeed? on January 19, 2010 02:58 PM
Teacher Evaluation – The Lynchpin Developing valid and reliable approaches to teacher evaluation is the lynchpin in the successful implementation of a whole variety of education reform efforts: alternative compensation for educators; revising teacher tenure laws; more targeted investments in professional development; and most critically and timely, school turn around models being proposed for chronically low performing schools around the country. The national teacher unions have either opposed or stayed out of the debates around some of these reform conversations, but with the many opportunities for ARRA funding tied to progress in some of these key reform areas, the AFT…
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Gina Burkhardt responded to Will AFT Teacher Evaluation Effort Succeed? on January 20, 2010 04:06 PM
Tardy to Class (NOTE: If you want to save time, read Justin Cohen and Richard Rothstein. I’m not nearly as smart as they are, but I do try to add humor and alliteration.) At least when I come late to a party, I bring a nice hostess gift
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Steve Peha responded to Will AFT Teacher Evaluation Effort Succeed? on January 21, 2010 06:20 PM
Getting Teacher Evaluations Right I’m grateful to National Journal and the blog contributors for making my recent National Press Club speech the focal point this week. And congratulations to Eliza and National Journal for earning a best education blog honor from the Washington Post
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Randi Weingarten responded to Will AFT Teacher Evaluation Effort Succeed? on January 22, 2010 05:43 PM
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stirred education circles with a recent speech in which she called for a new template for evaluating public school teachers, including changes to the procedures for dismissal, formally known as due process. “Too often due process becomes glacial process,” Weingarten acknowledged. “We intend to change that.” The AFT tapped a top-notch attorney, Kenneth Feinberg , to oversee the effort to revise due process.
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Find a calling and then deliver. “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.’” – Martin Luther King, Jr. HT to Andy .
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Always having a leg up on the competition can help when it comes to looking for a new career – so here’s a list of 5 jobs that are still off the radar that offer high potential. Occupational Therapist: Master’s degree in Occupational Studies; salary $67,920 Video Game Designer: Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Game Design; salary $62,380 Cybercrime Investigator: Associate of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science; salary $46,370-$51,164 User Experience Designer: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Graphic Design; salary $46,750 Curriculum Designer: Master’s degree in Education; salary $59,780 Get ahead of the competition and start your training for one of these low-profile high-impact careers! CareerExplorer.net can help you find the right school!
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5 Low Profile Careers with High Potential
When I was at MOMA last week, I saw a list of director and artist Tim Burton’s projects. Here’s the guy who’s responsible for some of the most breathtaking movies of his generation, and the real surprise is this: almost every year over the last thirty, he worked on one or more exciting projects that were never green lighted and produced.
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Medical professionals are trained to think quickly on their feet, make decisions under pressure, and handle life-or-death situations. Could any medical school course, training exercise, or hospital trauma experience prepare physicians and other medical professionals for the devastation in Haiti in the wake of last week’s massive earthquake? In one report, an ABC News reporter followed a Haitian man to what used to be the local hospital, and is now a pile of rubble and bodies
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Doctors Resort to "Civil War Medicine" to Treat Haiti Earthquake Victims
Solid writing skills open up career-boosting opportunities for professional writers and for those with aspirations beyond their basic job description. Journalists, fiction writers, scientists, teachers, business professionals, law students and other professionals can all get ahead by inspiring and influencing others with their writing.
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This morning on ABC’s “This Week” political news and analysis program, a panel discussed this critical week for health reform in a segment called “Down to the Wire”, an accurate depiction of the Obama administration’s last minute scramble to pass health reform legislation. With a key vote taking place this week for the Senate seat vacated by the late Ted Kennedy (D-MA), many analysts feel that Tuesday’s Massachusetts election could make or break health reform altogether. If Democrats lose the Senate seat in Massachusetts, they also lose the 60-vote, filibuster-proof majority, making Republican blockage of health reform much more likely, some say inevitable.
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Freshers Graduate Jobs at Noida vAngelz Technologies Position : Front Office Executive About vAngelz Technologies Pvt Ltd : vAngelz Technologies P. Ltd. was incorporated in 2001 although the company’s internet business actually started in November’ 2003.
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Freshers Graduate Jobs at Bangalore NetBios Technologies Position : Front Office Executive About NetBios Technologies Pvt Ltd : netBIOS Technologies ℗ Ltd. is a company with multi-domain expertise in software development, website design & development, creative design & content, branding, print and multimedia solutions.
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Freshers Graduate Jobs at Faridabad Asian Institute of Medical Sciences Position : Front Office Executive Experience: 0 — 4 Years Skills: Front Office Staff / Secretary / Computer Opt / Graduate Desired: Should be Graduate in any Discipline Location: Faridabad Education: Any Graduate Apply Here : http://www.aimsindia.co.in/career.html
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Front Office Executive Jobs In Faridabad — Asian Institute of Medical Sciences
This article is from MSN Careers . “Going back to school is an appealing option for many people, but they can’t afford to quit their jobs to be a full-time student. If this sounds familiar, there might be a solution that allows you to go to school and continue working: an online or distance-learning program.
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What Do Employers Say About Online Education?